Events
George Balanchine's Jewels ~Specticast Rebroadcast
The Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's greatest ballet companies with an astonishing heritage. Before emigrating to the West, George Balanchine studied in St. Petersburg and was a member of the...
Friday, May 31, 2013 - 7:00pm |
SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody
It’s time for the saucy book that caused a world sensation to get SPANKED!SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody is the hilarious new musical that brings all the naughty fun of the best-selling book to life...
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Taste of Home Cooking School
The Taste of Home Cooking School is coming to the Capital Region for the first time! Enjoy entertaining on stage cooking demos; earn step-by-step cooking techniques; and receive a FREE gift bag...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Broadway's Next H!t Musical
BROADWAY’S NEXT HIT MUSICAL is NYC’s original, award-winning improvised musical comedy! Abandoning the same ol’ song and dance to create a brand new, fully improvised musical comedy, each lyric,...
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 7:30pm |
THE MIDTOWN MEN- 4 Stars From The Original Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys
Terrific!"- Sirius-XM"Inspired!"- NY Daily News"Fantastic!" - Time Magazine Editor "Jump and jive all-american '60s sound." - Colorado Reporter-HeraldThey took Broadway by storm in one...
Sunday, June 9, 2013 - 7:30pm |
The Audience: National Theatre Live
‘The Audience is going to be one of the theatrical highlights of 2013.’ Daily MailHelen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End...
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Blues Traveler
Eighteen years after scoring the Grammy Award winning, harmonica laced Billboard Top Ten breakthrough hit that came to define pop music in the mid-90s, Blues Traveler are still finding unique ways to...
Sunday, June 23, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Bizet's Carmen
Original transmission date: Saturday, January 16, 2010Richard Eyre’s hit production stars Elīna Garanča as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Carmen "...
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 6:30pm |
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack has fallen upon hard times but between the help of a giant’s wife, a sassy beanstalk, and an unwitting giant, Jack is able to reclaim fortune and make new friends along the way!
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
Medium Lauren Rainbow An Evening with Spirit
Back by popular demand!Join Medium, Lauren Rainbow as she brings to you an evening of Messages from Spirit. This is a wonderful and powerful opportunity to witness our departed loved ones connect...
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Chain Drive Wallet
If you like Merle, Willie, Hank, and Johnny, you’ll love these guys! Chain Drive Wallet: classic country and attitude.
Chain Drive Wallet is Jeff Dearborn, Kevin Labrecque, Dennis Labrecque, Ted...
Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 8:00pm |
The Sky Blue Boys -- Banjo Dan and Willy Lindner
The Sky Blue Boys – Banjo Dan and Willy Lindner
Old Time MusicIt’s a venerable tradition as old as American music itself…Two fellows with a mandolin and guitar, a musical teamwork built of habit,...
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Verdi's Il Trovatore
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 30, 2011David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered at the Met in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary...
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 6:30pm |
The Little Princess
Sara Crewe has always been a princess in her father’s eyes, but when she is left alone at Miss Minchin’s School for Girls she learns what being a princess really means: friendship, hope, and above...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
ROCKSHOW: from the Wings Over America Tour
ROCKSHOW is a 1980 concert film by Wings, filmed during their 1976 North American tour. It features 30 songs from four concerts of the tour: New York, May 25 (four songs); Seattle, Washington, June...
Monday, July 8, 2013 - 7:00pm |
The Jungle Book
Mowgli is in a whole new world. One filled with kind and cunning friends but also dangerous enemies. Will he learn to adapt or will he return to the world he knows best?
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
Les Miserables: school edition
Imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, petty thief Jean Valjean is released from his 19-year term and not only becomes an honest man, but the mayor of a prosperous town and a loving adoptive father...
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 7:00pm - Saturday, July 13, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Rossini's Armida
Original transmission date: Saturday, May 1, 2010This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck...
Monday, July 15, 2013 - 6:30pm |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Everything is going very strangely for Alice today. No one will answer her questions and she can’t seem to find her way home. What will Alice learn while she is lost in Wonderland?
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
The Little Mermaid, Jr.
In a magical kingdom fathoms below the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above, but first, she’ll have to defy her father King Triton, make a...
Friday, July 19, 2013 - 7:00pm - Saturday, July 20, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Verdi's La Traviata
Original transmission date: Saturday, April 14, 2012Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her...
Monday, July 22, 2013 - 6:30pm |
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Quasimodo has always been bullied by the people of the town. After they play a mean trick on him, Quasimodo and his beautiful Gypsy friend Esmeralda decide to turn the tables, teach the town a lesson...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
Fame, Jr.
Set during the last years of New York City’s celebrated High School for the Performing Arts on 46th Street (1980-1984), FAME JR. is the bittersweet but ultimately inspiring story of a diverse group...
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 7:00pm - Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 2:00pm |
Rolling Stones: Some Girls
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls, Live in Texas is a never-seen-before concert movie which captures this world famous band at the height of their musical career. Shot on 16mm at Fort Worth, Texas in...
Monday, July 29, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Rapunzel
Rapunzel has only ever known the world from her tower, but when she is introduced to a handsome prince they discover a larger world of magic, fun, and friendship.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
Guys and Dolls, Jr.
Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, GUYS AND DOLLS JR. introduces us to colorful characters who have become legends in the musical theatre canon: Sarah Brown, the upright but uptight “...
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 7:00pm - Saturday, August 3, 2013 - 2:00pm |
Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day
On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London's O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour...
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Just So Stories
How did the Camel get his hump? How did the leopard get his spots? How was the alphabet made? Discover the answer to these questions and many more as we bring to life Kipling’s Just So Stories!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
A Choral Celebration!
The grandeur and spectacle of classical music is on full display when the Festival Orchestra is joined by the Festival’s 120-strong Symphonic Chorus for the exuberant Coronation Anthem No. 1 by...
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 8:00pm |
An Evening With Chad & Jeremy
Of all the British Invasion acts of 1964, Chad & Jeremy were unique in that not only were they long-haired purveyors of English-accented pop hits, but they were clever songwriters who had a...
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock
In Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's Birth and for the very first time, experience Hendrix's unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert on the big screen and in surround sound....
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Hansel & Gretel
Hansel and Gretel are always getting into trouble. Will they have gone too far after meeting a witch with a peculiar house?
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 11:00am - 2:30pm |
A Summer’s Heroic Finale
Music Director Donato Cabrera concludes his inaugural season with the Festival in a performance that features Berlioz’s rapturous Summer song cycle and Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony No. 3.
Donato...
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 8:00pm |
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Pat Benatar: she's always been a rule-breaker and a trail-blazer, she remains a bold and distinctive artist both on stage and on record, and now, after more than three decades in rock 'n' roll,...
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Asphalt Orchestra
Asphalt Orchestra is a radical street band that brings ambitious processional music to the mobile masses. Created in 2009 by the founders of the “relentlessly inventive” new music presenter Bang on a...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Jeff Dearborn and the Contoocook Blues Society
Jeff Dearborn, his slick harp licks, and his band return to the Spotlight Café for a night of hard-driving blues. Joining Jeff for a special guest appearance will be the Queen of ‘Harps,’...
Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 8:00pm |
10 Years of RB Productions Broadway Revue
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Concord’s RB Productions with a live cabaret revue of past shows produced by RB. Lots of music, lots of fun, as we look back over performances from Annie, The Sound...
Saturday, September 21, 2013 - 7:30pm |
“A Moment in Time” A Tribute to Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert featuring clarinetist & goodman alumnus Ken Peplowski
Hailed by the New York Times as “Goodman with a twist of Lightning!,” NYC jazz clarinetist and Benny Goodman alumnus Ken Peplowski joins the Capitol Center Jazz Orchestra to pay tribute to Benny...
Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 4:00pm |
Celtic Thunder: Mythology
The men of Celtic Thunder are returning to their roots with their new Mythology tour that tells the story of the Celtic People, their legends, and their culture. All six Celtic Thunder singers are...
Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Eugene Onegin
Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance. Deborah Warner’s new production, set in the late 19th century, moves...
Saturday, October 5, 2013 - 1:00pm |
Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience -A Parody by Dan and Jeff
Playing to sold out houses all over the world, Potted Potter takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing all seven Harry Potter books (and a real life game of Quidditch) into seventy hilarious...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 6:30pm |
The Onion Live
The Onion’s biggest stories are coming to your hometown in a rousing send up of news, politics, and the whole wonderfully perilous human condition.
It’s a live show like you’ve never seen, featuring...
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 7:30pm |
The Nose
William Kentridge stormed the Met with his inventive production of Shostakovich’s opera, which dazzled opera and art lovers alike in its inaugural run in 2010. Now Paulo Szot reprises his acclaimed...
Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 1:00pm |
Trout Fishing in America
A more incongruous pairing you’ll never find with Ezra Idlet (guitar) at six feet nine inches and Keith Grimwood (bass) at five feet five and one half inches. Their inspiration comes from...
Sunday, November 3, 2013 - 2:00pm |
Shakespeare’s Othello
Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester takes the title role. Playing opposite him as the duplicitous Iago is fellow Olivier Award-winner Rory Kinnear, who is reunited with director Nicholas Hytner...
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 9:30am |
Othello
The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare’s celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy.Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester (Henry V at the...
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 6:00pm |
Martin Sexton
Martin Sexton is one of the modern legends on the independent folk music circuit with loyal fans attuned to his every quip, and for good reason. Sexton is a powerhouse of sound. He can easily fill a...
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 8:00pm |
ABBA MANIA
ABBA MANIA has been delighting audiences of all ages since its formation in 1999, selling out theatres in the UK, Europe, and the Americas.
Featuring a special concert presentation, which celebrates...
Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Tosca
Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by an exceptional cast, led by Patricia Racette
in the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi. George...
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 1:00pm |
Bob Marley
Celebrating 15 years as a stand-up comic, Bob Marley is one of the hottest and most sought-after comedians in the country. He has been featured in his own special on Comedy Central, and is one of the...
Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 7:00pm |
Aladdin and Other Echanting Tales
Genii, princesses and wizards abound in the marvelous tales of Scheherazade, the storyteller heroine of Aladdin and Other Enchanting Tales. She tells her tales to heal her Sultan and save his kingdom...
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 10:00am |
Kenny Rogers Christmas
Known for his instantly identifiable raspy vocals and an extraordinary ability to vividly inhabit each song he performs, Kenny Rogers has enjoyed great success during his storied career of nearly...
Sunday, December 1, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!)
“A wickedly funny holiday mash-up that will have you laughing harder than spiked eggnog ”
Instead of performing Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic for the umpteenth time, three actors decide...
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 7:30pm |
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis
Experience the Magic!
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America’s favorite holiday celebration for over 25 years. Grammy Award winner Chip Davis has created a show that...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 7:30pm |
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The third annual performance of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” features over one hundred young performers from across New Hampshire and includes students of Eastern Ballet Institute, Concord...
Friday, December 13, 2013 - 7:00pm - Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 2:00pm |
Falstaff
An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set...
Sunday, December 15, 2013 - 1:00pm |
The Merrimack Holiday Pops
A gift to the community of seasonal music and special surprises that will engage young and old alike. Featuring the New England Wind Symphony, Clayton Poole, music director, this festive...
Sunday, December 22, 2013 - 4:00pm |
Bill Blagg’s Science of Magic
For centuries magicians have used scientific principles to make people levitate in mid-air and vanish in the blink of an eye. Illusionist Bill Blagg’s one-of-a-kind educational experience, Science of...
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 10:00am - 12:00pm |
Masked Marvels & Wondertales
Michael Cooper spins tales and weaves stories using an unusual and colorful cast of characters. Creating a world where dogs wear hats, wild stallions are tamed, giant noses sneeze and fish bait candy...
Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm |
Rusalka
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora...
Saturday, February 8, 2014 - 1:00pm |
Dr. Kaboom!
Join Dr. Kaboom! for a sidesplitting journey of increasingly spectacular, and often successful,
experiments and demonstrations. Doktor Kaboom! keeps his crowds riveted with interest and rolling with...
Sunday, February 9, 2014 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm |
Defending the Caveman
Defending the Caveman is a hilarious play about the ways men and women relate to each other. Without taking sides, this insightful comedy discusses the ongoing battle for understanding between...
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 8:00pm |
Shake It Up! Improvised Shakespeare Co.
Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style. Each of the players has brushed...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 10:00am |
The Improvised Shakespeare Co.
Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Co. creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style. Each of the players has brushed...
Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 8:00pm |
Prince Igor
Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey...
Sunday, March 2, 2014 - 12:00pm |
“A Moment in Time” A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald featuring Ms. Carmen Bradford
With performances on 4 Grammy Award-winning albums, sold out concerts the world over, and sixteen recordings, Carmen Bradford is considered to be one of the greatest jazz vocalists alive today.
This...
Sunday, March 9, 2014 - 4:00pm |
My Heart in a Suitcase
Anne Lehmann and her family no longer feel safe in their Berlin home. Life is deteriorating quickly for the Lehmanns and all Jews in Germany; in order to protect their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lehmann...
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 10:00am |
Leo Lionni’s Swimmy, Frederick, & Inch by Inch
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s latest production is drawn from Leo Lionni’s exquisitely crafted Caldecott Honor books, Swimmy, Inch by Inch and Frederick. Swimmy is a tiny fish who uses ingenuity...
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 10:00am - 12:00pm |
Werther
Two of opera’s greatest artists—Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča—appear together for the first time at the Met in Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance. It is...
Monday, March 17, 2014 - 6:00pm |
Rock of Ages
The worldwide party musical ROCK OF AGES features a mix of 28 rockin’ 80’s tunes including DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’, WE BUILT THIS CITY, THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE, HERE I GO AGAIN, CAN’T...
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 7:30pm |
Hudson Valley Puppets Presents Mammoth Follies
Mammoth Follies explores the wonder of evolution in an old-fashioned revue of original songs and earth-shaking dances performed by giant dinosaur puppets. Willie Mammoth, Smiley the Saber-Toothed...
Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm |
Butterfly! Story of a Life Cycle
This show offers students a microscopic look at the insect world, viewing the life of a butterfly. Each part of the life cycle is depicted through songs and dances with giant puppets (Mari the...
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 10:00am - 12:00pm |
Black Boy
A verbatim adaptation of the classic American autobiographical work, Black Boy dramatizes Richard Wright’s journey from childhood innocence to adulthood in the Jim Crow South. The issues addressed in...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 10:00am |
La Boheme
Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio...
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 6:00pm |
Ballroom with a Twist
Ballroom with a Twist is a critically-acclaimed international dance production choreographed by ABC-TV’s “Dancing With the Stars,” Emmy nominated Louis van Amstel. This ground-breaking show, starring...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 7:30pm |
Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight!
More than 50 years ago, a young actor took the stage in a tiny off-Broadway theatre and introduced the world to a man they’d never forget. That actor was Hal Holbrook. The man was Mark Twain. No one...
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 8:00pm |
The Gizmo Guys
Performing as The Gizmo Guys, Allan Jacobs and Barrett Felker have amazed and amused audiences around the world. Sure, they’ve made numerous television appearances, won international juggling...
Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm |
Cosi Fan Tutte
Music Director James Levine makes his long-awaited return to the Met podium to conduct Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna...
Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 1:00pm |
Charlotte’s Web
Theatreworks’ production of Charlotte’s Web is based on E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray spider named Charlotte. Wilbur has a problem: how to...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:00am - 12:00pm |
La Cenerentola
A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces in La Cenerentola—a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the...
Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 1:00pm |
Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
The five members of the Symphony NH Wind Quintet bring Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf to life with a special and enchanting arrangement. The group’s use of vivid musical characterizations...
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 10:00am |
Juston McKinney
New England native Juston grew up living on the border of New Hampshire and Maine. After earning an associates degree from the very prestigious Southern Maine Community College, he was hired as...
Saturday, May 17, 2014 - 8:00pm |
West Side Story
More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it’s back and mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 7:30pm |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Have you ever had a really rotten day? Alexander has. He wakes up with gum in his hair, he trips on a skateboard, and then he accidentally drops his sweater in the sink - all before breakfast!...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 10:00am - 12:00pm |
